HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9316Resolution No. 9316
Resolution of the Cpuncil of the City of Palo Alto Approving the Palo
Alto Rail Corridor Study Report and Amending the Transportation
Element ofthe Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan to Incorporate Certain
Findings of ~he Report
RECITALS
A. The City Council adopted the 1998-2010Comprehensive Plan in 1998,
including the Transportation Element.
B. Policy T-l provides that land use decisions shall be made that encourage
walking, bicycling, and public transit use. The policy also states that transportation and
land area are inextricably linked.
C. On July 10, 2010, the City Council directed staff to proceed with the
preparation of the Rail Corridor Study.
D. The City has conducted a public outreach p~ogram in developing the
Palo Alto Rail Corridor Study Report, (the "Project"), including convening a citizen task
force, facilitating outreach to the community and coordinating with other City
departments throughout 2010 to 2013.
E. The Architectural Review Board heard public comment and reviewed the Palo
Alto Rail Corridor Study Report on May 24, 2012.
F. The Planning and Transportation Commission heard public comment and
reviewed the Palo Alto Rail Corridor Study Report on May 30, 2012.
G. The City Council heard public comment and reviewed the Palo Alto Rail
Corridor Study Report on June 25, 2012, September 18, 2012 and January 22, 2013.
H. The Council desires to amend the Comprehensive Plan to incorporate certain
aspects of the Palo Alto Rail Study Report.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The Palo Alto Rail Corridor Study Report, as amended by the Planning
and Transportation Commission and Architectural Review Board is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. Policy T-l ofthe Transportation Element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended to add the following underlined language:
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Make land use decisions that encourage walking, bicycling, and public transit
use ...
The overall vision is to create a vibrant, safe, attractive, transit-rich area with city
and neighborhood mixed-use centers that providewalkable, pedestrian and
bicycle-friendly places that serve the community and beyond; and to connect the
east and west portions of the city through an improved circulation network that
binds the city together in all directions. In 2013, the City approved the Palo Alto
Rail Corridor Study Report to gui~e redevelopment along the rail corridor to be
consistent with land use and transportation policies advocated in the
Comprehensive Plan. Redevelopment along the rail corridor shall take into
account the land use and transportation policies discussed in the Rail Corridor
Study Report.
SECTION 3. The City Council adopted a Negative Declaration for this project in
accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: January 22,2013
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID,
SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
APPROVED:
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Mayor
Director of Planning
and Community Environment
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